Fielding
pronunciation
How to pronounce Fielding in British English:
UK [ˈfiːldɪŋ]
How to pronounce Fielding in American English:
US [ ˈfiːldɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
Word Origin
- fielding (n.)
- "play in the field," 1823 in cricket (by 1884 in baseball), verbal noun from field (v.).
Example
- 1. Andrew fielding huxley was born in hampstead , london , on 22nd november 1917 .
- 2. Fielding tells it well he went all over europe and hung out in turkey , morocco and the far east .
- 3. Padgett is now on the other end of the job search , fielding calls and conducting interviews .
- 4. Running a lab is something like fielding a weekend soccer team .
- 5. But the public-health agencies said they had been fielding calls from people asking if they should buy potassium iodide .